Hosea study section
Hosea key verses
Seven verses capture the heart of Hosea, from mercy for the rejected to God’s promise of free love.
Seven anchor verses
Hosea 2:23 “And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ’You are my people’; and he shall say, ’You are my God.’”Mercy for the rejected
Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”The root of Israel’s ruin
Hosea 6:1 “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us.”The call to return
Hosea 6:6 “For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”What God truly desires
Hosea 11:1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.”God’s fatherly love, fulfilled in Christ
Hosea 11:8 “How can I give you up, O Ephraim?... My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.”The wounded, faithful heart of God
Hosea 14:4 “I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.”The promise of healing and free love
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